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Old Apr 18, 2003 | 01:50 AM
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lets say i was going 150 mph tonight and i looked in my rearview mirror and i saw sparks, what on earth did i break?
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 07:32 AM
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Ummmm....have you looked under the car? Where in the world where you "theoretically going 150" Maybe you meant in KPH
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 08:21 AM
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Theoretically you may have bottomed out or hit something in the road.
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 12:39 PM
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my car is lowered 2 inchs, and i was going 150 mph. i didnt know if it is possible to shoot sparks from the tailpipes. or if teh downforce from my spoiler pushes my pipes on the ground. once i got out of the car, i felt them they were hot. but i dont know if they scraped.
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 12:41 PM
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Originally posted by onefastz28
my car is lowered 2 inchs, and i was going 150 mph. i didnt know if it is possible to shoot sparks from the tailpipes. or if teh downforce from my spoiler pushes my pipes on the ground. once i got out of the car, i felt them they were hot. but i dont know if they scraped.
You'd be able to tell if they were scraped. You probably just bottomed out
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 02:27 PM
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how does it bottom out on a regular flat road? sorry i'm confused.
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 02:30 PM
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my car is lowered 2 inchs, and i was going 150 mph. i didnt know if it is possible to shoot sparks from the tailpipes. or if teh downforce from my spoiler pushes my pipes on the ground. once i got out of the car, i felt them they were hot. but i dont know if they scraped.
LOL@downforce scrapping your tailpipes...dude they would have to be hanging down like 10" or so and there is not much downforce from your spoiler unless your running some kind of ricer spoiler....hope not . Get under do an inspection on everything look for scrapes etc, etc, etc.
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 02:49 PM
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you got longtubes???
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 03:01 PM
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or if teh downforce from my spoiler pushes my pipes on the ground.
Is it one of those Boeing 747 adjustable aluminum aviation style racing wings? If so then it very well could provide enough downforce to bottom the rear of the car out. You really have to be carefull with those things, the downforce they add at high speed is just amazing, not to mention the added 25rwhp.







Old Apr 18, 2003 | 03:03 PM
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theoretically you should just look under your car
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 03:21 PM
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i have borla pipes that are kinda, low and i have the stock spoiler, not a supra wing. i'l crawl under there and see what i destroyed. thanks for the sarcasm everyone!
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 06:05 PM
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What color were the sparks?

No sarcasm intended; spark color indicates type of metal.

BTW, whatinhell were you looking in the mirror for at a buck fifty? Cops?
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 06:18 PM
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BTW, whatinhell were you looking in the mirror for at a buck fifty? Cops?
Every ricer on the planet!
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 07:22 PM
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like orange, there wasn't a whole lot, and it kinda resembled when you trhow out a digarette butt an d the sparks fly everywhere.. and i was looking out the rear view mirror, cause.... i dunno. just glanced up and i was like.

and i was looking at every ricer everywhere. lol
Old Apr 18, 2003 | 08:07 PM
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LOL dude you GOTTA tell us what you did to **** off those ricers... am I on the right track?

May have been a wheel weight, loose bolt from something...

I don't think the rear wing is actually angled to give downforce is it? Although the front may have pushed down, but you'd need to be really, really low for that.

Strange things always seem to happen over 120... no joke!

Hey, you may have been about to warp like on Back to the Future



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